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Clinton's Sleepover Parties

Abraham Lincoln never slept in the White House bedroom named for him. But a lot of President Bill Clinton's friends and supporters have slept there. Last week the Administration revealed that since Clinton became President, 938 people have had sleepovers at the White House. Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were two of the lucky folks who got to find out if Lincoln's ghost haunts the mansion. (Some visitors say it does!)

Why were some Americans upset about the President's slumber parties? Because newly released White House documents suggest that many of the guests who were there had given money to the Democratic Party. In one memo, Clinton supported this way of rewarding big-money donors: "Ready to start overnights right away," he wrote. Donors were also rewarded with invitations to have coffee, play golf or go jogging with the President.

Congress and the Justice Department are currently investigating the way the Democratic Party raises money for its campaigns. The President has called for Congress to pass a law making fund-raising rules stricter.

Fund raising on federal property, like the White House, is illegal. Clinton insists he has done nothing wrong. Donors were invited to the White House, he admits, but they did not receive favors in exchange for contributions. Said Clinton: "The Lincoln Bedroom was never sold."

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